#A23929#A23929

#A23929 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.142 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23929
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 41)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 42.52, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 53.73, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% 0.1217 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.142 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7655, 10.7701, 3.2934)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23929 #2992A2

analogous

#A22955 #A23929 #A27629

triadic

#A23929 #29A239 #3929A2

tetradic

#A23929 #55A229 #2992A2 #7629A2

square

#A23929 #55A229 #2992A2 #7629A2

split-complementary

#A23929 #29A276 #2955A2

monochromatic

#401710 #71281D #A23929 #CD4E3B #DA7A6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A23929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A23929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23929

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23929	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.142 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57463',
    500: '#a23929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23929;
$custom-light: #c57463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.492,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23929

secondary

#67B4C0

accent

#CEE345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23929

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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